Sounding Rocket Launch
Solar Eclipse Sounding Rocket Launches
Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia
NASA will launch three sounding rockets for the Atmospheric Perturbations around the Eclipse Path (APEP) mission from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility during the April 8 total solar eclipse. The mission will study how the sudden drop in sunlight affects our upper atmosphere during the eclipse.
Updates
LL2 • April 8, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Official Webcast by NASA Wallops has started
hitura-nobad • Feb. 28, 2024, 10:25 a.m.
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